Steam heating device



(No Model.)

E. A. WOOD.

, STEAM HEATING DEVICE. 110.311,704. Patented Feb. 3, 1885.

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EDI/VIN A. WOOD, OF UTIOA, NEV YORK.

STEAM-HEATING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,704, dated February 3l, 1885.

Y Application filed September 13, 1884. (No model.)

T0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, E. A. VOOD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Steam-Heating Devices, of which the 'following is aspecitication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for heating churches, public halls, cars, Src., by steam.

The object ot' my invention is to provide a shield or deliector for steamfpipes, which are placed horizontally under the pews and seats of churches, public halls, Arailway-cars, and other places. so that the heated air will not 'rise into the face ot' the occupant of the seat,

but will be detlected forward against the feet and lower extremities of the person inthe seat in front.

My invention therefore consists in covering` the upper surface of the horizontal heatingpipes with a board or iron plate placed at an angle in such a manner that it will deflect or turn ,the current of heated air forward and upward, instead of allowing it to rise directly from the pipe into the face ofthe occupant of the next seat in the rear.

In the drawing I have shown an end View of a church-pew with a portion broken away to show the pipes more clearly.

In heating,` and warming,` churches, public halls, railway-cars, &c., by steam, the pi pes are frequently placed in a horizontal position under the seats, and, asthey are exposed to view, their appearance is unsightly. Furthermore, the occupants of the pews will naturally place their feet on the hotV pipes, and the odor of burned rubber or leather tends to bringthis Style of heating into disrepute, especially as the heated air rises and brings these offensive odors directly into the face of the occupant of the pew next in the rear. To overcome these objections I employ the following devices, which I will now proceed to describe:

A is the seat or pew, which may be of the ordinary or any desirable construction.

B indicates the steam pipe or pipes, arranged horizontally underneath the seat, and are supported at intervals a short distance from the door by the brackets or standards C. The vupper ends of the standards or brackets are inclined, as shown at c, to receive and support a board or iron plaie, D. The board or plate may be supported in grooves formed in the sides of the bracket, or on cleats secured to the sides of the seat-supports. or plate D is of sufficient width to serve as a foot-rest, and also to cover the steam-pipe, and being inclined upward, as shown, serves to deflect or direct the hot air forward under the seat, while the pendent board E serves to prevent the 'hot air from coming up back of the seat into the face of the occupant ot' the adjacent pew in the rear. The pendent board E may be dispensed with. This objectionable feature, heretofore mentioned, is specially noticeable when the occupants of the pew lean forward to rest their heads on the seat in front of them, as is usually the case during,` prayerservice; but bythe use of the dellecting-board the hot-air currents in their ascent are thrown forward onto the lower eX- tremities ot' the occupants ofthe pew, and in this way the air is disseminated and parts with most of its heat beforeit rises to the top of the seat, and does not come in direct contact with the faces of the occupants of the pew in a highly-heated condition.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

l. In a steamheating device for churches, halls, cars, dto., a horizontal pipe or pipes arranged underneath the pew or seat, in combination with an inclined board or plate located above the pipe or pipes. as described, whereby the heated air is deiiected forward under the seat, as set forth.

2. In a device for healing churches, halls,

cars, 85e., a pipe or series of pipes arrangedl underneath the seats, supported by suitable brackets, in combination with a defiectingboard, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN A.. WOOD. Witnesses:

H. H. TIMERMAN, W. E. Woon.

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